The Chronicle: Daily news: 06/18/99 -- 01 - 0 views
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The company's product: videotaped study aids with up-tempo soundtracks, flashy graphics, and undergraduate-age actors who look like they just danced out of a Gap television advertisement. Students can watch the review tapes on their VCR's. Soon the guides will also be available on DVD and over the Internet.
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Other observers wonder whether the company could one day compete with colleges.
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In the videos, complex concepts are explained with skits, jokes about dating and drinking, and the occasional song.